Fanfare Names Glenn Jones Vice President of Engineering

Jones to Drive Product Development Efforts for Company's Test Automation Solutions

Mountain View, California - January 31, 2007 -The Fanfare Group, Inc., delivering world-class testing solutions for companies developing high-tech equipment, today announced the appointment of Glenn Jones to the post of vice president of engineering. Jones brings more than 23 years of software development leadership experience and proven management skills to his new role. Effective immediately, Jones will direct Fanfare's research and development efforts and will be responsible for driving new product development for the company's FanfareSVT® product line.

"Glenn's extensive background in product development, from R&D to operations and maintenance, is key to helping Fanfare continue to raise the bar and deliver innovative testing solutions that help network equipment manufacturers produce products of the highest quality," said Tom Ryan, president and CEO of Fanfare. "In 2007, Glenn will play a pivotal role in launching new Fanfare products and building a world-class testing company."

"Leading network equipment manufacturers are looking to Fanfare to help them gain control of their product release cycles, improve product quality and speed market entry," said Glenn Jones. "I look forward to working with Fanfare to take the company's unique test automation solutions to the next level and help achieve these goals."

During his career, Jones has built and led geographically-distributed teams in all aspects of the engineering development lifecycle. Before joining Fanfare, Jones led a large R&D organization for Avaya's $100 million Contact Center Reporting product line. Prior to Avaya, Glenn was the vice president of engineering and operations at One Network Enterprises, a leading provider of hosted, network-centric, process-driven supply chain services. Previous to One Network Enterprises, Jones was the senior director of software development at i2 Technologies where he led a 100+ software product development team. Jones also spent more than 14 years in the defense industry, leading the definition, development, and support of complex software systems for Raytheon and E-Systems.

Glenn Jones earned a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering from Texas A&M University.

About The Fanfare Group

Fanfare is revolutionizing how high-tech equipment vendors manage product release cycles. By combining test development, execution, documentation, and automation into a single step, the company offers the first commercially-developed test automation software for validating the functionality of high-tech equipment. Using the FanfareSVT family of products, quality assurance teams improve customer satisfaction and reduce QA costs. Founded in 2004, Fanfare is a private company based in Mountain View, California, with venture backing from Matrix Partners and Redpoint Ventures. More information about the company and FanfareSVT can be found at www.fanfaregroup.com.

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